Computer Fundamentals

Computer Fundamentals AE/AEE
COMPUTER
FUNDAMENTALS
1. Which of the following is/are 7. Second Generation computers were
characteristics of Computer? based on _____
(a) Diligence (b) Versatility (a) IC (b) Vacuum tube
(c) Transistor (d) None of these
(c) Reliability (d) All of the above
Answer: (c)
Answer: (d)
8. FLOPS stands for
2. Fault inputs lead to faulty results. It is (a) Floating Point Operation Per
known as _____ Second
(a) Diligence (b) Versatility (b) File Processing Operation Per
(c) GIGO (d) None of these Second
(c) Floating Processing Operation Per
Answer: (c)
Second
3. GIGO stands for ______ (d) File Loading Operation Per Second
Answer: (a)
(a) Garbage In Garbage Out
(b) Garbage In Gateway Out 9. Which language was used to program
(c) Gopher In Gopher Out Second Generation computers?
(d) Geographic In Geographic Out (a) Binary Coded language
(b) Assembly language
Answer: (a)
(c) Machine language
4. The capacity to perform multiple tasks (d) None of the above
simultaneously is termed as _____ Answer: (b)
(a) Diligence (b) Versatility 10. EDSAC stands for _______
(c) Reliability (d) All of the above (a) Electronic Delay Storage
Answer: (b) Automatic Computer
(b) Electronic Discrete Storage
5. A computer does not suffer from Automatic Computer
tiredness and lack of concentration. It is (c) Electronic Delay Serial Automatic
known as ____ Computer
(d) Electronic Discrete Storage
(a) Diligence (b) Versatility Automatic Computer
(c) GIGO (d) None of these Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
11. Instructions and data can be stored in
6. First Generation computers used _____ the memory of Computer for
for Circuitry and _____ for memory automatically directing the flow of
operations. It is called _____ concept
(a) Transistor and Magnetic Core
(a) Objective Programming
(b) IC and Magnetic Memory (b) Stored program
(c) Vacuum tunes and Magnetic drum (c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) IC and Magnetic Core (d) None of the above
Answer: (c) Answer: (b)
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12. “Stored Program” concept was 18. Which of the following is fourth
developed by _____ generation computer?
(a) Maurice Wilkes (a) INTEL 4004
(b) Von Neumann (b) IBM 360
(c) M.H.A. Newman (c) IBM 1401
(D) None of the above (d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Answer: (a)
13. Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic 19. IC is made up of ______
Computer (EDVAC) was designed on (a) Microprocessor
_____ concept
(b) Vacuum tube
(a) Objective Programming (c) Transistor
(b) Stored program (d) None of the above
(c) Both (A) and (B) Answer: (c)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b) 20. Father of modern computer ______
(a) Charles Babbage
14. Which of the following was a small
(b) Alan Turing
experimental machine based on
(c) Ted Hoff
Neumann’s stored program concept?
(d) None of the Above
(a) Analytical engine
Answer: (b)
(b) Pascaline
(c) Manchester Mark I 21. A hybrid computer is the one having
(d) None of the Above combined properties of _____
Answer: (c) (a) Micro & Mini computers
15. Third Generation computers were based (b) Mini & Super Computers
on ____ (c) Mainframe & Super Computers
(d) Analog & Digital Computers
(a) IC
Answer: (d)
(b) Vacuum tube
(c) Transistor 22. Which of the following uses handheld
(d) None of the above Operating Systems?
Answer: (a) (a) Super Computer
16. In EDSAC, an addition operation was (b) Laptop
completed in ____ micro seconds (c) Mainframe
(a) 4000 (b) 3000 (d) PDA
(c) 2000 (d) 1500 Answer: (d)
Answer: (d) 23. A _____ terminal can display images as
17. ULSI stands for ______ well as text
(a) Ultra Large Scale Integration (a) Text
(b) Ultimate Large Scale Integration (b) Dumb
(c) Upper Large Scale Integration (c) Graphical
(d) Ultra Large Script Integration (d) None of the Above
Answer: (a) Answer: (c)
24. The word length of Microcomputers 30. Graphical terminals are divided into
lies in the range between _____ two types. They are _______
(a) 8 and 16 bits (b) 8 and 21 bits (a) Text and dumb
(c) 8 and 24 bits (d) 8 and 32 bits (b) Dumb and intelligent
Answer: (d) (c) Vector mode and raster mode
(d) None of the Above
25. The fastest and most expensive Answer: (c)
computers are _____
31. Which language is used for Artificial
(a) Super Computers
Intelligence (AI)?
(b) Quantum Computers
(a) FORTRAN (b) COBOL
(c) Mainframe Computers
(c) C (d) PROLOG
(d) Micro Computers
Answer: (d)
Answer: (a)
32. Who coined the term “Artificial
26. Which of the following is the smallest Intelligence”?
and faster computer imitating brain
(a) Charles Babbage
working?
(b) Alan Tuning
(a) Super Computers (c) Von Neumann
(b) Quantum Computers (d) John McCarthy
(c) Mainframe Computers Answer: (d)
(d) PDA
33. _______ is a computational model
Answer: (b) based on the structure of biological
27. A ______ terminal does not process or neural networks?
store data (a) Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
(a) Dumb (b) Biological Network
(b) Intelligent (c) Both (A) and (B)
(c) Both (A) & (B) (d) None of the above
(d) None of the above Answer: (a)
Answer: (a) 34. A neural network in which the signal
passes in only one direction is called
28. The user generally applies _____ to
_____
access mainframe or super computer?
(a) Feed forward Neural Network
(a) Node
(b) Recurrent Neural Network
(b) Terminal (c) Both (A) and (B)
(c) Desktop (d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
35. _________ is an artificial neural
29. Desktop and Personal computers are network with multiple hidden layers
also known as _____ between the input and output layers?
(a) Super Computers (a) Deep neural network
(b) Quantum Computers (b) Shallow neural network
(c) Mainframe Computers (c) Both (A) & (B)
(d) Micro Computers (d) None of the above
Answer: (d) Answer: (a)
36. The most famous Recurrent Neural 42. Fourth Generation computers were
Network is ____ based on ____
(a) Perceptrons (a) IC (b) Vacuum tube
(b) Radial Basis Networks (c) Transistor (d) Microprocessors
(c) Hopfiled net Answer: (d)
43. The first computer language developed
Answer: (c)
was _____
37. Which neural network allows feedback
(a) COBOL (b) PASCAL
signal?
(c) BASIC (d) FORTRAN
(a) Feed forward neural network Answer: (d)
(b) Recurrent neural network
(c) Both (A) & (B) 44. The first calculator that can perform all
(d) None of the above four arithmetic operations(Addition,
Answer: (b) Subtraction, Multiplication, Division)
was known as ______
38. Which of the following is/are
application(s) of Neural Network? (a) Pascaline
(b) Slide Rule
(a) Pattern recognition
(c) Step Reckoner
(b) Mobile Computing
(c) Speech reading (Lip-reading)
Answer: (c)
(d) Al of the above
Answer: (d) 45. The first computer spreadsheet program
39. Which algorithm is used in layered was _____
Feed forward Neural Network? (a) Lotus 1-2-3
(a) Back propagation algorithm (b) MS Excel
(b) Binary Search (c) Visicalc
(c) Both (A) & (B) (d) None of the above
(d) None of the above Answer: (c)
Answer: (a) 46. Which of the following is an example
40. Radial Basis Function (RBF) networks for fourth generation language(4GL)?
have _____ layers (a) COBOL
(a) One (b) Four (b) PowerBuilder
(c) Two (d) Three (c) FORTRAN
Answer: (d) (d) None of the above
41. The chip used in computers, is made of Answer: (b)
_____ 47. ADU stands for ______
(a) Silicon (a) Video Display Unit
(b) Iron Oxide (b) Visual Display Unit
(c) Chromium (c) Video Divide Unit
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Answer: (b)
48. Which language is directly understood 54. The decoded instruction is stored in ___
by the computer without translation (a) Register
program? (b) Memory Address Register (MAR)
(a) BASIC (c) Instruction Register (IR)
(b) Assembly language (d) None of the Above
(c) Machine language Answer: (c)
(d) C language 55. Which is not an integral part of
Answer: (c) computer?
49. Herman Hollerith developed a machine (a) CPU (b) Monitor
called ____ (c) Mouse (d) UPS
(a) Pascaline Answer: (d)
(b) Analytical engine 56. The most frequently use instructions of
(c) Census Tabulator a computer program are likely to be
(d) Tabulating Machine fetched from ________
Answer: (d) (a) Hard disk (b) ROM
50. Electronic Delay Storage Automatic (c) RAM (d) Cache
Computer (EDSAC) was invented by Answer: (d)
_____ 57. The primary aim of computer process is
(a) Herman Hollerith to convert the data into _____
(b) JW Mauchy (a) Table (b) Graph
(c) John Von Neumann (c) File (d) Information
(d) None of the above Answer: (d)
Answer: (c)
58. The main circuit-board of the system
51. Which registers can interact with unit is ______
secondary memory? (a) RAM
(a) Register (b) Mother Board
(b) Memory Address Register (MAR) (c) Hard disk
(c) Instruction Register (IR) (d) None of the Above
(d) None of the above Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
59. ALU and Control Unit have special
52. Which Flip Flop is used to store data in purpose locations called _______
registers? (a) Registers
(a) D Flip Flop (b) JK Flip Flop (b) Mother Board
(c) RS Flip Flop (d) None of these (c) Sockets
Answer: (a) (d) None of the Above
Answer: (a)
53. ISP stands for _____
(a) Instruction Standard Processing 60. The communication line between CPU
(b) Instruction Standard Processor memory and Peripherals is called as ___
(c) Information Set Processing (a) Registers (b) Mother Board
(d) Instruction Set Processing (c) Bus (d) None of these
Answer: (d) Answer: (c)
61. A communication system that transfers 67. A bus that transfer data from one
data between the components inside a component to another or between
computer or between computers is computers is called ______
called ______ (a) Address Bus
(a) Port (b) Bus (b) Data Bus
(c) Registers (d) None of these (c) Control Bus
Answer: (b) (d) None of the Above
62. Which bus connects all the internal Answer: (b)
components of a computer such as CPU
68. RISC stands for ________
and memory to the main board
(motherboard)? (a) Reverse Instruction Set Computer
(b) Reverse Information Set Computer
(a) Expansion Bus
(b) External Bus (c) Reduced Information Set Computer
(c) Internal Bus (d) Reduce Instruction Set Computer
(d) None of the Above Answer: (d)
Answer: (c) 69. _______ is a register for Short-term,
63. A bus that connects a computer to intermediate storage of arithmetic and
Peripheral devices is called logic data in a Computer’s CPU
(a) System Bus (a) Accumulator
(b) Memory Bus (b) Bus
(c) Front-Side Bus (c) Buffer
(d) External Bus (d) None of the above
64. External Bus is also referred as ______ 70. _______ is a group of commands for a
(a) System Bus CPU in machine language
(b) Memory Bus
(a) Information Set
(c) Front-Side Bus
(b) Instruction Set
(d) Expansion Bus
(c) Buffer
Answer: (d)
65. The Command to access the memory or Answer: (b)
the I/O device is carried by ______
71. Von Neumann Architecture is a _____
(a) Address Bus (b) Data Bus
(c) Control Bus (d) None of these (a) Multiple Instruction Multiple Data
Answer: (c) (MIMD)
(b) Single Instruction Multiple Data
66. A computer bus that is used to specify a
Physical address? (SIMD)
(c) Multiple Instruction Multiple Data
(a) Address Bus
(MISD)
(b) Data Bus
(c) Control Bus (d) Single Instruction Single Data
(d) None of the Above (SISD)
Answer: (a) Answer: (d)
72. Programming that actually controls the 77. Which of the following Unit can be
path of signals or data within computer used to measure the speed of a
is called _______ computer?
(a) Assembly language Programming (a) BAUD (b) SYPS
(b) Machine language Programming (c) MIPS (d) None of these
(c) Micro Programming Answer: (c)
78. The circuit used to store one bit of data
Answer: (c)
is known as _______
73. CISC stands for ________
(a) Encoder (b) OR
(a) Compound Instruction Set (c) Flip Flop (d) None of these
Computer Answer: (c)
(b) Complex Information Set
Computer 79. The control unit controls other units by
(c) Compound Information Set generating control and _______
Computer (a) Command Signals
(d) Complex Instruction Set Computer (b) Timing signals
Answer: (d) (c) Transfer Signals
74. The register which holds the address of (d) None of the above
the location to or from which data are to Answer: (b)
be transferred is known as ______ 80. Which of the following bus structure is
(a) Instruction Register usually used to connect I/O devices?
(b) Control register (a) Single bus (b) Multiple bus
(c) Memory address register (c) Star bus (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
81. An interface that provides I/O transfer
75. An interrupt can be temporarily ignored
of data directly to and form the memory
by the counter is called ________
unit and peripheral is termed as _____
(a) Maskable Interrupt
(a) DDA
(b) Non-maskable Interrupt
(b) Serial interface
(c) Vectored Interrupt
(c) Direct Memory Access (DMA)
Answer: (a)
Answer: (c)
76. The computer performs all
82. A basic instruction that can be
mathematical and logical operations
inside its ______ interpreted by computer generally has _
(a) Visual Display Unit (a) An operand and an address

(b) Memory Unit (b) Decoder and an accumulator
(c) Output Unit (c) Sequence register and decoder
(d) Central Processing Unit (d) None of the above
83. The load instruction is mostly used to 89. A group of bits that tell the computer to
designate a transfer from memory to a perform a specific operation is known
processor register known as _____ as _____
(a) Accumulator (a) Instruction code
(b) Instruction Register (b) Micro-operation
(c) Program counter (c) Accumulator
(d) Memory address Register (d) Register
Answer: (a) Answer: (a)
84. The communication between the 90. The average time required to reach a
components in a microcomputer takes storage location in memory and obtain
place via the address and ________ its contents is called ______
(a) I/O bus (b) Data bus (a) Latency time
(c) Address bus (d) None of these (b) Access time
Answer: (b) (c) Turnaround time
(d) Response time
85. The operation executed on data stored Answer: (b)
in registers is called ______
91. The addressing mode which makes use
(a) Macro-operation
of in-direction pointers is _______
(b) Micro-operation
(a) Offset addressing mode
(c) Bit-operation
(b) Relative addressing mode
(c) Indirect addressing mode
Answer: (b)
86. Which register keeps tracks of the Answer: (c)
instructions in the program stored in
92. Which addressing mode is most suitable
memory?
to change the normal sequence of
(a) Address Register execution of instructions?
(b) Index Register
(a) Immediate (b) Indirect
(c) Program Counter
(c) Relative (d) None of these
(d) None of the above Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
93. Which of the following is used as an
87. In which addressing mode the operand intermediate to extend the processor
is given explicitly in the instruction? BUS?
(a) Absolute (b) Immediate (a) Gateway (b) Router
(c) Indirect (d) Direct (c) Connector (d) Bridge
Answer: (b) Answer: (d)
88. When necessary, the results are 94. The method of accessing the I/O
transferred from the CPU to main devices by repeatedly checking the
memory by ______ status flags is ______
(a) I/O devices (a) Memory-mapped I/O
(b) CPU (b) Program-controlled I/O
(c) Shift registers (c) I/O mapped
95. The process where in the processor 101. The pattern of printed lines on most
constantly checks the status flags is products are called ____
called as _______ (a) OCR (b) Prices
(a) Polling (b) Inspection (c) Bar codes (d) None of these
(c) Reviewing (d) None of these Answer: (c)
Answer: (a)
102. MICR stands for ______
96. The branch logic that provides decision (a) Magnetic Ink Colour Recognition
making capabilities in the control unit is (b) Magnetic Ink Code Recognition
known as _____ (c) Magnetic Ink Computer
(a) Condition transfer Recognition
(b) Unconditional transfer (d) Magnetic Ink Character
(c) Both (A) and (B) Recognition
Answer: (b)
103. The OCR recognises the ______ of the
97. Interrupts that are initiated by an characters with the help of light sources
instruction are ______
(a) Size (b) Shape
(a) Internal (b) External (c) Colour (d) None of these
(c) Hardware (d) Software Answer: (b)
Answer: (d)
104. Which Unit is used to measure the
98. Interrupts which are initiated by an I/O speed of a printer?
drive are _____
(a) DPI (b) CPM
(a) Internal (c) PPM (d) None of these
(b) External Answer: (c)
(c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) All of the above 105. Which of the following groups consist
Answer: (b) of only Input devices?
(a) Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor
99. Content of the program counter is added
to the address part of the instruction in (b) Mouse, Keyboard, Printer
order to obtain the effective address is (c) Mouse, Keyboard, Plotter
called _______ (d) Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner
Answer: (d)
(a) Relative address mode
(b) Index addressing mode 106. USB refers to a ______
(c) Register mode (a) Storage device
(d) Implied mode (b) Processor
Answer: (a) (c) Port type
100. A register capable of shifting its binary (d) None of the above
information either to the right or the left Answer: (c)
is called a ______ 107. OCR is used for the preparation of ___
(a) Parallel register (a) Electricity bills
(b) Serial register (b) Telephone bills
(c) Shift register (c) Insurance premium
(d) Storage register (d) All of the above
Answer: (c) Answer: (d)
108. A joystick is primarily used to/for ___ 115. The higher the resolution of a monitor,
(a) Print text the _______
(b) Draw picture (a) Larger the pixels
(c) Computer gaming (b) Closer together the pixels
(d) None of the above (c) Further apart the pixels
Answer: (c) (d) Less clear the screen is
Answer: (b)
109. The ____ may also be called the screen
on monitor 116. In laser printers, printing is achieved by
(a) Scanner (b) Display deflecting laser beam on to _____
(c) Hard Disk (d) None of these surface of a drum
Answer: (b) (a) Magnetic
(b) Electric
110. What type of devices are computer
(c) Photosensitive
speakers or headphones? (110)
Questions)
Answer: (c)
(a) Input (b) Output
(c) Input/Output (d) None of these 117. The rate at which scanning is repeated
Answer: (b) in a CRT is called ______
(a) Resolution
111. Which of these is a pointing and drop
(b) Refresh rate
device?
(c) Bandwidth
(a) Scanner (b) Printer (d) None of the above
(c) Keyboard (d) Mouse Answer: (b)
Answer: (d)
118. An example of peripheral equipment is
112. A parallel port is most often used by __ _____
(a) Scanner (b) Printer (a) Printer (b) CPU
(c) Keyboard (d) Mouse (c) Spread Sheet (d) None of these
113. A hard copy would prepared on a ____ 119. Trackball is an example of a/an ____
(a) Dot matrix Printer (a) Output device
(b) Plotter (b) Printing device
(c) Type Writer Terminal (c) Pointing device
(d) All of the above (d) None of the above
114. External devices such a printers, 120. Which is the best position for operation
keyboards and modems are known as _ the mouse?
(a) Special Buys (a) Tail away from the user
(b) Add on Devices (b) Tail facing the right
(c) Peripherals (c) Tail facing the left
(d) All of the above (d) Tail towards the user
121. First Computer mouse was built by ___ 127. Any data and instruction entered in the
(a) Douglas Engelbart memory of a computer is ____
(B) William English (a) Storage (b) Output
(c) Robert Zawacki (c) Input (d) Information
Answer: (c)
(d) Von Neumann
Answer: (a) 128. Which input device resembles an
upside-down mouse?
122. Which of the following is not a
(a) Trackball (b) Pointing stick
hardware? (c) Track pad (d) Touch pad
(a) Processor (b) Printer Answer: (a)
(c) Mouse (d) Java 129. Bar-code readers use light to read
Answer: (d) _____
123. The transfer of data from a CPU to (a) UPCs (b) UPSs
peripheral devices of computer is (c) POSs (d) Optical marks
achieved through ______ Answer: (a)
(a) Modem (b) Interface 130. The display size of a monitor is

measured _____
(c) Buffer (d) I/O Ports
Answer: (d) (a) Diagonally (b) Horizontally
(c) Vertically (d) None of these
124. A thin plate or board that contains Answer: (a)
electronic components is called _____
131. The computer or system peripherals that
(a) Hard Disk (b) RAM receives data from processing unit are
(c) ROM (d) Circuit Board called _____
Answer: (d) (a) Input Devices
(b) Output Devices
125. A ______ is used to create a digital
representation of a printed document or
photograph Answer: (b)
(a) Video Digitizer
132. A displaying screen in which text is
(b) Scanner presented in one colour and background
(c) Monitor is of any other colour is called ______
(d) None of the above (a) Monochrome screen
Answer: (b) (b) High resolution screen
(c) Low resolution screen
126. The wheel located between the two
(d) Medium resolution screen
standard buttons on a mouse is used to
Answer: (a)
_____
133. LED stands for ______
(a) Click in Web pages
(a) Low Emission Display
(b) Scroll
(b) Liquid Emitting Display
(c) Click and select items (c) Less Emitting Diode
(d) Jump to different Web pages (d) Light Emitting Diode
134. A marker on the computer screen used 140. _________ printers print the characters
to show the current position is called __ by striking them on the ribbon which is
(a) Coloured maker then pressed on the paper
(b) Position checker (a) Impact
(c) Cursor (b) Non-Impact
(d) None of the above (c) Both (A) and (B)
Answer: (c) (d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
135. Which of the following device is used
to enter the text and numerical data in a 141. Which input device is used to read
computer? information on a credit card?
(a) Plotter (b) Scanner (a) Graphic Tablet
(c) Printer (d) Keyboard (b) Numeric Keyboard
Answer: (d) (c) Bar Code reader
(d) Magnetic Stripe reader
136. Printer resolution is usually measured in Answer: (d)
_____
142. LCD stands for _______
(a) Characters Per Minute (CPM)
(b) Pixels Per Inch (PPI) (a) Light Crystal Display
(c) Pages Per Minute (PPM) (b) Low Crystal Display
(c) Less Crystal Display
(d) Dots Per Inch (DPI)
(d) Liquid Crystal Display
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
137. ______ is an input device that converts
143. Which of the following works as
analog information into digital form
mouse?
(a) Plotter (b) Track Ball
(a) Keyboard (b) Scanner
(c) Light Pen (d) Digitizer
(c) Track ball (d) None of these
Answer: (d)
Answer: (c)
138. ____ is a special type of optical scanner
144. The work done by a computer operator
used to recognize the type of mark
is displayed in which part of computer?
made by Pen or Pencil
(a) CPU (b) VDU
(a) Optical Character Reader
(c) ALU (d) None of these
(b) Bar code Reader Answer: (b)
(c) Optical Mark Reader
(d) None of the above 145. Which involves photo scanning of the
Answer: (c) text character by character, analysis of
the scanned in image, and then
139. Which of the following is non-emissive translation of the character image into
display? character code?
(a) LED (a) OCR
(b) LCD (b) OMR
(c) Both (A) and (B) (c) Bar code Reader
146. In OCR processing, when a character is 152. ______ is a device used for reading bar
recognized, it is converted into _____ coded data (contains light and dark
code lines)
(a) Binary (a) Graphic Tablet
(b) ASCII (b) Numeric pad
(c) Both (A) and (B) (c) Bar Code reader
(d) None of the above (d) Magnetic Stripe reader
Answer: (b) Answer: (c)
147. Laser printers and Ink-jet printers are an 153. Which input device is usually a
example of _____ standard feature of laptops?
(a) Impact (a) Graphic Tablet
(b) Non-Impact (b) Numeric Keyboard
(c) Both (A) and (B) (c) Touch pad
(d) None of the above (d) Magnetic Stripe reader
148. Which of the following is used as 154. _____ are devices that convert electrical
principal flight control in the cockpit of energy into light
many air crafts? (a) Emissive Displays
(a) Graphic Tablet (b) Non-Emissive Displays
(b) Joy Stick (c) Both (A) and (B)
(c) Bar Code reader (d) None of the above
(d) Magnetic Stripe reader Answer: (a)
Answer: (b) 155. Which of the following input device is
149. TFT stands for _____ used in Banks to read magnetised
(a) Thick Film Transistor characters on a Cheque?
(b) Thin Film Transistor (a) OCR
(c) Thin Film Transmitter (b) MICR
(d) Thick Film Transmitter (c) Bar Code reader
Answer: (b) (d) Magnetic Stripe reader
150. Which of the following is used at Point Answer: (b)
of Sales to input product information? 156. ___ printers print the characters without
(a) Graphic Tablet using ribbon and it can print a complete
(b) MICR page at a time
(c) Bar Code reader (a) Impact
(d) Magnetic Stripe reader (b) Non-Impact
Answer: (c) (c) Both (A) and (B)
151. Which input device is used for inserting (d) None of the above
pin numbers for credit cards? Answer: (b)
(a) Graphic Tablet 157. Impact printers can be divided into ___
(b) Numeric pad types
(c) Bar code reader (a) Four (b) Six
(d) Magnetic Stripe reader (c) Three (d) Two
158. _____ printers are the printers that print 165. The refresh rate of monitor is measured
one character at a time in _____
(a) Laser (b) Drum (a) Byte (b) Seconds
(c) Chain (d) Dot Matrix (c) Hertz (d) None of these
159. Which of the following is an example 166. In DLP Projector, DLP stands for
_______
for Character printer?
(a) Direct Light Processing
(a) Laser (b) Drum
(b) Direct Low Processing
(c) Chain (d) Daisy wheel (c) Digital Low Processing
Answer: (d) (d) Digital Light Processing
160. Which of the following is an example Answer: (d)
for line printer? 167. ____ is an interface for connecting eight
(a) Laser (b) Drum or more data wires
(c) Daisy Wheel (d) Dot Matrix (a) Serial Port
Answer: (b) (b) Fire wire
(c) Parallel Port
161. Non-Impact Printers use__ technologies
(a) Electrostatic and chemical Answer: (c)
(b) Thermal
168. ____ is a high-speed real-time interface
(c) Inkjet for serial bus and it has data transfer up
(d) All of the above to 400 Mbps
Answer: (d)
(a) Serial Port (b) Fire wire
162. Which printers produce output by (c) Parallel Port (d) None of these
mechanical contact between the print Answer: (b)
head and paper? 169. _____ transmits one bit of data through
(a) Impact a single wire
(b) Non-impact (a) Serial Port (b) Fire wire
(c) Both (A) and (B) (c) Parallel Port (d) None of these
Answer: (a) 170. Which refers to the diagonal distance
163. _____ is a computer printer for printing between two coloured pixels?
vector graphics (a) Refresh rate
(a) Plotter (b) Dot Pitch
(b) Projector
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a) 171. ___ is an input device that accepts input
when the user places a fingertip on the
164. Plotter can be divided into _____ types computer screen
(a) Three (b) Six (a) Joy Stick (b) Light Pen
(c) Four (d) Two (c) Trackball (d) Touch Screen
Answer: (d) Answer: (d)
172. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is 178. Which of the following is also known
also known as ________ as reflective scanner?
(a) Intelligent Code Recognition (a) Handheld scanner
(b) Intermediate Code Recognition (b) Flatbed scanner
(c) Intermediate Character Recognition (c) Drum scanner
(d) Intelligent Character Recognition (d) None of the above
Answer: (d) Answer: (b)
173. ______ is a handheld electro-optical 179. A scanner that is moved by hand over
pointing device. It is also called mouse the material being captured is known as
pen _____
(a) Joy Stick (b) Light Pen (a) Sheetfed scanner
(c) Trackball (d) Touch Screen (b) Flatbed scanner
Answer: (b) (c) Drum scanner
(d) Handheld scanner
174. Joystick allows movements in _____
directions Answer: (d)
(a) Up and Down 180. MICR reads the characters by

(b) Left and Right examining their shapes in ______ form
(c) Both (A) and (B) (a) Binary (b) ASCII
(d) None of the above (c) Matrix (d) None of these
Answer: (c) Answer: (c)
175. A basic touch screen has three main 181. Where would you find the letters
components. It includes touch sensor, “QWERTY”?
controller and ______ (a) Joy Stick (b) Light Pen
(a) Transmitter (c) Numeric Pad (d) Keyboard
(b) Receiver Answer: (d)
(c) Software driver 182. What does a light pen contain?
(a) Lead
Answer: (c)
(b) Ink
176. ______ an external bus standard used (c) Light sensing elements
for transferring data to and from digital (d) None of the above
devices Answer: (c)
(a) Serial Port (b) Firewire 183. ___ is a protocol designed for recording
(c) Parallel Port (d) USB and playing back music on digital
Answer: (d) synthesizers
177. ______ printer is also called pin printer (a) Musical Interface
(a) Laser (b) Graphical User Interface (GUI)
(b) Drum (c) Musical Digital Instrument
(c) Daisy Wheel Interface (MIDI)
(d) Dot Matrix (d) None of the above
184. Which is an interactive device that 190. PCL stands for ____
facilitates touch sensation and fine- (a) Print Code Language
motion control in Robotics and Virtual
(b) Printer Code Language
reality?
(c) Printer Character Language
(a) Light Pen (b) Joystick
(c) Data Glove (d) None of these (d) Printer Command Language
185. Special I/O devices such as, Joy stick, 191. ______ is a printer language that uses
Data Glove are involved in _____ English phrases and programmatic
applications
constructions to describe the appearance
(a) Photonics (b) Haptics
of a printed page to the printer
(c) Agnostic (d) None of these
Answer: (b) (a) Postscript
186. Which device typically attachable to (b) PCL
computer keyboard that allows a blind (c) Both (A) and (B)
people to read? (d) None of the above
(a) Light Pen (b) Joystick Answer: (a)
(c) Touch screen (d) Braille display
192. _________ is a device which recognises
Answer: (d)
physical or behavioural traits of the
187. Many Dot Matrix printers are _____
individual
(a) Uni-directional
(b) Bi-directional (a) Smart Card Reader
(c) Multi-directional (b) Optical Character Reader (OCR)
(d) None of the above (c) Optical Mark Reader (OCR)
Answer: (b) (d) Biometric Sensor
188. Which is a hardware component or Answer: (d)
system of components that allows a
human being to interact with a 193. Printer resolution is a numerical
computer? measure of print quality that is
(a) Interface device (IDF) measured in _____
(b) Graphical User Interface (GUI) (a) Pages Per Minute (PPM)
(c) Musical Digital Instrument (b) Lines Per Minute (LPM)
Interface (MIDI)
(c) Characters Per Minute (CPS)
Answer: (a) (d) Dots Per Inch (DPI)
Answer: (d)
189. Which is an escape code language used
to send commands to the printer for 194. The toner or ink in a Laser printer is __
printing documents?
(a) Dry
(a) Postscript
(b) Wet
(b) PCL
(c) Both (A) and (B) (c) Both (A) or (B)
195. A thermal transfer printer is a _____ 202. _____ is the time from the start of one
printer that uses heat to register an storage derive access to the time when
impression on paper the next access can be started
(a) Impact (a) Mode (b) Access time
(b) Non-impact (c) Capacity (d) None of these
(c) Both (A) and (B) Answer: (b)
Answer: (b) 203. The memory unit that communicates
directly with the CPU is called _____
196. Thermal transfer printer can be divided
into ______ types (a) Secondary or Auxiliary Memory
(b) Primary or Main Memory
(a) Three (b) Four
(c) Six (d) Two (c) Both (A) and (B)
Answer: (b)
197. Which of the following memories uses
a MOS capacitor as its memory cell? 204. Which memory stores large amount of
(a) SRAM (b) DRAM data and the data cannot be processed
(c) ROM (d) FIFO directly by the CPU?
Answer: (c) (a) Secondary or Auxiliary Memory
198. A nibble is equal to ______ (b) Primary or Main Memory
(a) 4 bits (b) 8 bits
(c) 16 bits (d) 32 bits (d) None of the above
199. A byte can represent any number 205. Which of the following is/are hard disk
between 0 and _____ performance parameter?
(a) 312 (b) 255 (a) Seek time
(c) 1024 (d) 1025 (b) Latency period
Answer: (b) (c) Access time
200. Which of the following memory chip is (d) All of the above
faster? Answer: (d)
(a) DRAM 206. A disk’s content that is recorded at the
(b) SRAM time of manufacture and that cannot be
(c) Both (A) and (B) changed or erased by the user is _____
(a) Write only
Answer: (d)
(b) Read only
201. The term _____ refers to data storage (c) Both (a) and (b)
systems that make it possible for a (d) None of the above
computer or electronic device to store Answer: (b)
and retrieve data
207. Which of the following memories uses
(a) Input technology
(b) Output technology a MOS capacitor as its memory cell?
(c) Storage technology (a) SRAM (b) DRAM
(d) None of the above (c) ROM (d) FIFO
208. A nibble is equal to _____ 214. Which is a general term for all forms of
(a) 4 bits (b) 8 bits solid state memory that do not need to
have their memory contents periodically
(c) 16 bits (d) 32 bits
refreshed
Answer: (b)
(a) Volatile memory
209. A byte can represent any number (b) None Volatile memory
between 0 and ____ (c) Both (A) and (B)
(a) 312 (b) 255 (d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
(c) 1024 (d) 1025
Answer: (b) 215. ______ is computer storage that only
maintains its data while the device is
210. Which of the following memory chip is powered
faster?
(a) Volatile memory
(a) DRAM (b) Non Volatile memory
(b) SRAM (c) Both (A) and (B)
(c) Both (A) and (B) (d) None of the above
Answer: (b) 216. ______ is a type of non-volatile
memory that erases data in units called
211. The term ‘giga byte’ equals to _____
blocks
(a) 1024 byte (b) 1024 KB (a) Flash memory
(c) 1024 GB (d) 1024 MB (b) Virtual memory
Answer: (d) (c) Buffers
212. ______ is a data area shared by
Answer: (a)
hardware devices or program processes
that operate at different speeds or with 217. ______ is a feature of an operating
different sets of priorities system that allows a computer to
compensate for shortages of physical
(a) Flash memory memory by temporarily transferring
(b) Virtual memory pages of data from RAM to disk storage
(c) Buffer (a) Flash memory
(d) None of the above (b) Virtual memory
Answer: (c) (c) Buffer
213. ______ is the transfer of computer data
Answer: (b)
from a temporary storage area to the
computer’s permanent memory 218. _________ is the process of dividing
the disk into tracks and sectors
(a) Flash
(a) Formatting
(b) Virtual
(b) Tracking
(c) Buffer Flush (c) Allotting
Answer: (c) Answer: (a)
219. The primary device that a computer 224. Which memory does not use capacitor
uses to store information is ______ in its memory cell?
(a) Floppy Disk (a) SRAM
(b) Monitor (b) DRAM
(c) ROM
(c) Hard Drive
Answer: (c)
225. Information stored in RAM need to be
220. The removable magnetic disk that holds ______
information is _____ (a) Check
(a) Floppy Disk (b) Modify
(b) Hard Drive (c) Refresh periodically
(c) Monitor (d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Answer: (a) 226. Memory is made up of _____
(a) Set of wires
221. Which of the following is a type of
(b) Large number of cells
RAM used specifically for video (c) Set of circuits
adapters or 3D accelerators? (d) None of the above
(a) DRAM (b) SRAM Answer: (b)
(c) SGRAM (d) VRAM 227. ______ is the ability of a device to
Answer: (d) ‘jump’ directly to the requested to
222. Which of the following is clock- (a) Sequential access
synchronized RAM that is used for (b) Random access
(c) Quick access
video memory?
(a) DRAM Answer: (b)
(b) SRAM
228. Virtual memory is _____
(c) SGRAM
(a) An extremely large main memory
(b) An extremely large secondary
Answer: (c) memory
223. ______ is a copy of Basic Input/Output (c) A type of used in super computers
Operating System (BIOS) routines from (d) An illusion of extremely large main
memory
Read Only Memory (ROM) into a
Answer: (d)
special area of RAM so that they can be
accessed more quickly 229. Which of the following is an example
of optical disk?
(a) Dynamic RAM
(a) Magnetic disk
(b) Shadow RAM
(b) Memory disk
(c) Synchronous Graphics RAM (c) Digital Versatile Disk
(d) Video RAM (d) None of the above
230. Cache and main memory will not be 236. The magnetic storage chips used to
able to hold their contents when the provide non-volatile direct access of
power is off. They are _____ data and that have no moving parts are
(a) Static (b) Dynamic known as _____
(c) Non-volatile (d) Volatile (a) Magnetic core memory
Answer: (d)
(b) Magnetic tape memory
231. The hardware in which data may be (c) Magnetic disk memory
stored for a computer system is called (d) Magnetic bubble memory
_____ Answer: (d)
(a) Registers (b) Bus
(c) Control Unit (d) Memory 237. _____ is a very high speed memory
Answer: (d) placed in between RAM and CPU
232. Which of the following memory is (a) Magnetic disk

capable of operating at electronics (b) Magnetic drum
speed? (c) Virtual memory
(a) Magnetic disk (d) Cache memory
(b) Magnetic drum Answer: (d)
(c) Semiconductor memory 238. EDODRAM stands for _____
(a) Extended Digital Output Dynamic
Answer: (c)
RAM
233. Memories in which any location can be (b) Extended Dynamic Output Digital
reached in a fixed amount of time after
RAM
specifying its address is called _____
(c) Extended Data Output Digital
(a) Sequential Access Memory
RAM
(b) Random Access Memory
(d) Extended Data Output Dynamic
(c) Quick Access Memory
(d) Mass storage RAM
234. Which of the following is the user 239. A byte is a collection of _____
programmed semiconductor memory? (a) 4 bits
(a) SRAM (b) DRAM (b) 12 bits
(c) EPROM (d) None of these (c) 6 bits
Answer: (c) (d) 8 bits
235. _____ is a type of non-volatile memory Answer: (d)
composed of a thin layer of material
240. Which of the following terms is the
that can be easily magnetized in only
most closely related to main memory?
one direction
(a) Non Volatile
(a) Bubble memory
(b) RAM (b) Permanent
(c) SRAM (c) Temporary
Answer: (a) Answer: (c)
241. Under virtual storage ______ 246. Storage device where time to retrieve
(a) Two or more programs are stored stored information is independent of
in primary stored address where it is stored is called
(b) Only active pages of a program in _____
primary storage (a) Random Access Memory
(c) Inter-program, interference may (b) Secondary Memory
occur (c) System
Answer: (a)
Answer: (b)
247. A memory in CPU that holds program
242. Comparing with secondary storage,
instructions, input data, intermediate
primary storage is _____
results and the output information
(a) Slow and expensive produced during processing is _____
(b) Slow and inexpensive
(a) System
(c) Fast and inexpensive (b) Primary Memory
(d) Fast and expensive (c) Secondary Memory
243. Technique of placing software/ Answer: (b)
programs in a ROM semiconductor chip 248. Technique of using disk space to make
is called _____ programs believe that the system
(a) PROM contains more Random Access Memory
(b) EPROM (RAM) than is actually available is
(c) Firmware called ______
(d) None of the above (a) Random Access Memory
Answer: (c) (b) Primary Memory
(c) Secondary Memory
244. The _____ can be programmed one
(d) Virtual Memory
time either the manufacture or the Answer: (b)
computer user. Once programmed it
cannot be modified 249. CPU performs read/write operations at
any point in time in ______
(a) PROM (b) EPROM
(a) PROM (b) EPROM
(c) SRAM (d) ROM
(c) RAM (d) ROM
Answer: (d)
Answer: (b)
245. Technique to implement virtual
250. A storage device or medium where the
memory where memory is divided into
access time is dependent upon the
units of fixed size memory is _____ location of the data is called _______
(a) Paging (a) Parallel access
(b) De-fragments (b) Serial access
(c) Segmentation (c) Both (A) and (B)
251. The instruction for starting the 256. ______ is a form of non-volatile storage
computer are house on ______ that operates by changing the resistance
of a specially formulated solid dielectric
(a) Hard Disk
material
(b) CD-ROM
(a) VRAM (b) WRAM
(c) Read only Memory chip
(c) MRAM (d) RRAM
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
Answer: (c)
257. Which of the following memories has
252. EAROM stands for ______ the shortest access time?
(a) Electrically Altered Read Only (a) Cache memory
Memory (b) Magnetic Bubble Memory
(b) Electrically Accepted Read Only (c) Magnetic Core Memory
Memory (d) None of the above
(c) Electronically Alterable Read Only Answer: (a)
Memory 258. Which of the following is mandatory
(d) Electrically Alterable Read Only for every disk?
Memory (a) Root
Answer: (d) (b) Sub
(c) Bare
253. ______ is a method of a storing data
bits using magnetic charges instead of
Answer: (a)
the electrical charges used by DRAM
259. Which of the following is the smallest
(a) VRAM
measure of storage?
(b) WRAM
(a) KB (b) MB
(c) MRAM (c) TB (d) Byte
Answer: (c)
260. Kilobyte equals to how many bytes?
254. _____ is a high-performance video (a) 1000
RAM that is dual ported (b) 1064
(a) VRAM (c) 1024
(b) WRAM (d) None of the above
(c) MRAM Answer: (c)
(d) None of the above 261. _____ is a generic term for organized
Answer: (b) collection of computer data and
instructions
255. ______ is RAM that combines the fast
(a) Firmware
read and write access of Dynamic RAM
(b) Software
(a) VRAM (b) WRAM (c) Hardware
(c) MRAM (d) FRAM (d) None of the above
Answer: (d) Answer: (b)
262. Software refers to ______ 267. It is the set of programs that enables
(a) Firmware your computer hardware device and
(b) Physical components that a application software to work together
computer is made of (a) Operating system
(c) Programs (b) Helper software
(d) None of the above (c) System software
Answer: (c) (d) Application software
263. Software can be categorized as _____ Answer: (c)
(a)Firmware and Hardware 268. Which of the following is/are an

(b)System software and Firmware example(s) of system software?
(c)Application software and Hardware (a) Device Drivers
(d)System software and Application (b) Language translators
Software (c) System Utilities
Answer: (d) (d) All of the above
264. This type of software works with end
Answer: (d)
users, application software and 269. _____ is the first layer of software
computer hardware to handle the loaded into computer memory when it
majority of technical details starts up
(a) Communications software (a) Device Drivers
(b) Application software (b) Language translators
(c) Utility software (c) System Utilities
(d) System software (d) Operating system
Answer: (d) Answer: (d)
265. ________ programs perform day to day 270. ______ are system programs, which are
tasks related to the maintenance of the responsible for proper functioning of
computer system devices
(a) Operating system (a) Device Drivers
(b) System Utilities (b) Language translators
(c) Language translators (c) System Utilities
(d) Applications software (d) Operating System
266. Application software 271. A _____ helps in converting
(a) Is designed to help programmers programming languages to machine
(b) Is used to control the operating language
system (a) Operating system
(c) Performs specific task for computer (b) System Utilities
users (c) Language translator
(d) Is used for making design only (d) Application software
Answer: (c) Answer: (c)
272. Which of the following is/are 277. _____ is a software used to compose,
example(s) of an operating system? format, edit, and print electronic
(a) UNIX documents
(b) Linux
(a) Spreadsheets
(c) Windows XP
(b) Word Processor
Answer: (d) (c) Image Editors
273. Language Translators can be divided
into three major categories. They are __ Answer: (b)
(a) Compiler, Operating System and 278. Which of the following is/are
Assembler example(s) of Word Processors?
(b) Compiler, Device Driver and
(a) Microsoft Word
Assembler
(b) WordPerfect
(c) Compiler, Interpreter and System
Utility (c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) Compiler, Interpreter and (d) None of the above
Assembler Answer: (c)
Answer: (d)
279. _____ are designed specifically for
274. Which of the following language is the capturing, creating, editing and
closest to the machine code?
manipulating images?
(a) Compiler
(a) Spreadsheets
(b) Interpreter
(c) Assembler (b) Word Processor
(d) None of the above (c) Image Editors
Answer: (c) (d) None of the above
275. Which analyses and executes the source Answer: (c)
code in line-by-line manner, without 280. Which of the following is/are
looking at the entire program?
example(s) of Spreadsheets?
(a) Compiler
(a) Microsoft Excel
(b) Interpreter
(c) Assembler (b) Lotus 1-2-3
(d) None of the above (c) Both (A) and (B)
Answer: (b) (d) None of the above
276. A _____ is a special program that Answer: (c)
processes statements written in a 281. Which refers to any program that is not
particular programming language and
copy righted?
turns them into machine language
(a) Freeware
(a) Compiler
(b) Device Driver (b) Shareware
(c) Assembler (c) Open Source Software
(d) None of the above (d) Public Domain Software
282. Which terms is commonly used for 288. Which of the following software is also
copyrighted software given away free called as Closed Source Software?
by its author? (a) Commercial Software
(a) Freeware (b) Shareware (b) Proprietary Software
(c) Open Source Software (c) Open Source Software
(d) Public Domain Software (d) Firmware
283. _____ is the software which comes with 289. ____ is a collection of one or more files
the permission for people to redistribute that correct flaws in the performance,
copies for a limited period reliability or security of a specific
(a) Freeware software product
(b) Shareware (a) Software Update
(c) Open Source Software (b) Software Piracy
(d) Public Domain Software (c) Software patch
Answer: (b) (d) None of the above
284. Linux is a type of _____ Answer: (c)
(a) Freeware 290. Which of the following is System
(b) Shareware Software?
(c) Open Source Software
(a) Microsoft Word
(d) Public Domain Software
(b) Microsoft Excel
Answer: (c)
(c) Adobe Photoshop
285. Which of the following is application (d) Windows 7
software? Answer: (d)
(a) Database Management System
291. Which of the following is/are
(b) Spread sheets
example(s) of Image Editors?
(c) Image Editors
(d) All of the above (a) Adobe Photoshop
Answer: (d) (b) Adobe Illustrator
(c) CorelDraw
286. ______ is a combination of software (d) All of the above
permanently stored in the memory Answer: (d)
(a) Freeware
(b) Shareware 292. _______ distributed as freeware, but it
(c) Open Source Software requires the user to view advertisements
(d) Firmware to use the software
Answer: (d) (a) Adware (b) Abandon ware
(c) Donation ware
287. ______ represents the majority of
software purchased from software
Answer: (d)
publishers
(a) Commercial Software 293. Adware is sometimes called ____
(b) Proprietary Software (a) Shareware (b) Abandon ware
(c) Open Source Software (c) Donation ware
(d) Firmware (d) Spyware
294. ______ is the unauthorized copying of 299. Soft loading is also called _______
an organization’s internally developed (a) End User Piracy
software or the illegal duplication of (b) Soft lifting
commercially available software (c) Both (a) and (b)
(a) Software license (d) None of the above
(b) Software Piracy Answer: (c)
(c) Both (A) and (B) 300. ______ is a content distribution
(d) None of the above protocol enables efficient software
Answer: (b) distribution and peer-to-peer sharing of
295. Which of the following activity can be very large files by enabling users to
termed as Software Piracy? serve as network redistribution points
(a) Freeware
(a) Soft loading
(b) BitTorrent
(b) Hard Disk loading
(c) CorelDraw
(c) Internet Downloading
Answer: (b)
Answer: (d)
*****
296. _____ mean sharing a program with
someone who is not authorized by the
license agreement to use it
(a) Soft loading
(c) Internet Downloading
(d) Renting
Answer: (d)
297. EULA is a legal agreement between a
software producer and a user. What
does EULA stand for?
(a) Exit User License Agreement
(b) Exit Utility License Agreement
(c) End Utility License Agreement
(d) End User License Agreement
Answer: (d)
298. If you borrow and copy a friend’s
software in violation of the licensing
agreement, what kind of piracy is that?
(a) Internet Downloading
(c) Soft loading
(d) Renting
Answer: (c)

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(a) Visual Display Unit (a) An operand and an address

(a) Modem (b) Interface 130. The display size of a monitor is

(a) Up and Down 180. MICR reads the characters by

232. Which of the following memory is (a) Magnetic disk

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